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VALERIANE.E. IX. VALERIANA. 



Granada, in alpine situations. Flowers monoecious, ex Mutis. 

 Nearly allied to V. crassifolia. 



Laurel-leaved Valerian. Shrub cl. 



18 V. SCA'NDENS (Lin. spec. p. 47. but not of Forsk.) plant 

 glabrous, herbaceous, scandent ; branches terete ; leaves trifo- 

 liate ; leaflets quite entire : the terminal broad-ovate, acuminat- 

 ed, large : lateral ones lanceolate, smaller ; panicles axillary, 

 loose ; stamens exserted ; fruit rather pilose. % . S. Native of 

 New Andalusia, near Caripe, and about Cumana ; also of Brazil 

 and St. Domingo, and probably of Mexico. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 333. Rcem. et Schultes, 1. p. 353. mant. 

 1. p. 257. V. volubilis, Moc. et Sesse. fl. mex. with a figure. 

 Loefl. itin. p. 235. no. 64. 



Climbing Valerian. PI. cl. 



3. Stems herbaceous, never scandent. Leaves all undivided. 

 * Si>ecies natives of America. 



19V. PILOSA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 39. t. 66. f. a.) stem 

 herbaceous, erect, pilose ; leaves linear-lanceolate, pilose, with 

 revolute margins : radical leaves obtuse : cauline ones few, dis- 

 tant, acutish ; corymbs racemose; stamens exserted. y. G. 

 Native of Peru, in frigid places. The whole herb has the habit 

 of Planlago albicans. Corollas white. 



Pilose Valerian. PI. 1 foot. 



20 V. LONGIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 330.) stems herbaceous, terete, rather hairy ; leaves quite entire, 

 coriaceous, glabrous : radical ones linear -lanceolate, petiolate : 

 cauline ones linear, sessile ; panicle branched ; corolla 5-cleft, 

 glabrous ; stamens exserted. If. . G. Native of New Granada, 

 in alpine places. There is a variety of this with the stem 1-3 

 feet high, and the radical leaves 3-12 inches long. Corollas white. 

 Nearly allied to V. pilosa and V. plantaginea. 



Long-leaved Valerian. PI. 1 to 3 feet. 



21 V. SALICARI.SFOLIA (Vahl, enum. 2. p. 16.) plant glabrous, 

 herbaceous ; stem simple, striated, rooting at the bottom; leaves 

 lanceolate, quite entire, sessile : upper ones cordate at the base ; 

 corymbs terminal, decomposed. Native of Buenos Ayres. 



Salicaria- leaved Valerian. PI. 1-J foot. 



22 V. PLANTAGINEA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 329.) stem herbaceous, erect, tetragonal, furrowed, glabrous, 

 pilose at the nodi ; leaves quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous : 

 radical leaves oblong-spatulate, petiolate : cauline ones lanceo- 

 late, sessile, connate at the base ; panicles branched ; stamens 

 exserted ; fruit glabrous, y . G. Native of Quito, in arid 

 places, on the plains of Antisana, and on the declivities of Mount 

 Pichincha. Flowers white. Pappus of fruit few-rayed. 



Plantain-like Valerian. PI. 4 to 6 feet. 



23 V. LAPATHIFOLIA (Vahl, enum. 2. p. 1 1.) stem herbaceous, 

 striated, glabrous ; leaves ovate-cordate, almost quite entire, 

 undivided, villous above on the nerves, the rest of the leaf gla- 

 brous : superior leaves sessile ; corymbs trichotomous. Native 

 of the Straits of Magellan. 



Dock-leaved Valerian. PI. l| foot. 



24 V. URTIC^FOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 330. t. 275.) stem herbaceous, erect, terete, hairy ; leaves 

 roundish-ovate, subcordate, acute, sinuately toothed, rather 

 pilose above : lower leaves petiolate : upper ones sessile ; pani- 

 cles branched ; corymbs downy ; corolla gibbous at the base ; 

 genitals exserted ; fruit glabrous. If. . G. Native of New Gra- 

 nada and Peru. Flowers white. Root a round tuber. 



Nettle-leaved Valerian. PL 1 foot. 



25 V. SCORPIOIDES (D. C. prod. 4. p. 635.) stem rather herba- 

 ceous, erect, terete, downy ; leaves ovate or roundish, dentately 

 crenated, pilose above and on the margins ; panicle corymbose, 

 trichotomous ; branches of panicle elongated, bearing unilateral 

 flowers; fruit small, ovate, glabrous. y.H. Native of Mexico, 



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in the valley of Tolucca, where it was collected by Berlandier. 

 Habit almost of Fedia scorpioldes. 

 Scorpion-like Valerian. PL 1 foot ? 



26 V. PROCERA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 329.) 

 stem herbaceous, furrowed, glabrous : cauline leaves sessile, 

 ovate- cordate, long-acuminated, sharply toothed, stiff, glabrous ; 

 panicles much branched; fruit villous. y. F. Native of 

 Mexico, near Pasciiaro. Flowers unknown. Pappus of calyx 

 11-12-rayed. 



Tall Valerian. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



27 V. MACRORHIZA (Poepp. pi. exsic. no. 918.) glabrous ; ra- 

 dical leaves spatulate, obtuse, tapering into the petiole, which is 

 twice the length of the limb ; scapes a little higher than the 

 leaves ; panicles racemosely spicate, terminal, having the race- 

 mules opposite : the lower ones pedunculate ; floral leaves linear. 

 y. F. Native of Chili, near the baths of Villa Vicenzio and 

 La Quebrada de San Isedro, and on the Andes of Mendosa. 

 Root thick. Flowers white. Stamens exserted. Habit almost 

 of V. coarctata. 



Long-rooted Valerian. PL 1 foot. 



28 V. COARCTA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 40. t. 68. f. a.) 

 stems herbaceous, erect, simple, striated, downy ; leaves narrow- 

 lanceolate, attenuated, denticulated, ciliated : cauline leaves few ; 

 flowers crowded in whorles, disposed in a somewhat interrupted 

 spike. If. . G. Native of Peru, at Huassa-Huassi, in frigid 

 places in the province of Tarma. Flowers white. Fruit said 

 to be oblong, and crowned by 5 scales. Astrephia coarctata, 

 Dufr. val. p. 50. 



Coarctate Valerian. PL 1 foot. 



29 V. SERRA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 40. t. 68. f. c.) 

 plant tufted, glabrous ; stems striated ; leaves cuneate-lanceo- 

 late, serrated from the middle to the apex ; flowers in crowded 

 whorles, disposed in an interrupted elongated spike, y . F. 

 Native of Peru, in cold places. Astrephia serrata, Dufr. val. p. 

 51. Flowers white. Fruit as in V. coarctata, to which it comes 

 very near. 



Serrated-leaved Valerian. PL foot. 



30 V. CAUNOSA (Smith, icon. ined. 3. p. 52.) stems herbace- 

 ous, ascending, glabrous ; leaves oval, toothed, fleshy, quite gla- 

 brous ; corymbs dichotomous. ]t/.H. Native at the Straits of 

 Magellan. Astrephia carnosa, Dufr. val. p. 51. Val. Magel- 

 lanica, Lam. ill. 1. p. 93. Plant glaucous. 



Fleshy Valerian. PL 



31 V. OBLONGIFOLIA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 40. t. 65. f. 

 a.) plant herbaceous, pilose ; stems many, striated, almost leaf- 

 less ; radical leaves oblong, dentate, obtuse : cauline ones linear, 

 serrately-cut ; corymbs contracted, y . F. Native of Peru, 

 on the alps in the province of Tarma, towards Pasco. Flowers 

 white. 



Oblong-leaved Valerian. PL 1 foot. 



32 V. OBTUSIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 635.) plant herbaceous, 

 erect, glabrous ; root tuberous ; leaves obtuse : lower ones obo- 

 vate or oval, petiolate : upper ones sessile, oval-oblong, toothed 

 at the base ; corymbs coarctate. If. . F. Native of Chili. Va- 

 leriana, no. 630. Poepp. pi. exsic. Fruit unknown. Herb 3-7 

 inches high. Flowers white, crowded. Stamens not exserted. 

 Allied to V. oblongijolia, and with it is intermediate between the 

 present and following division of the genus. 



Blunt-leaved Valerian. PL ^ foot. 



* * Species natives of Europe and the Levant. 



33 V. ALtiARi^FOLiA (Vahl, enum. 2. p. 11.) plant glabrous, 

 erect ; stem striated ; leaves all cordate, undivided, equally 

 toothed, acuminated : lower ones petiolate, upper ones almost 

 sessile; corymbs rather contracted; fruit glabrous, y. H. 

 Native of Cappadocia, Iberia, and throughout Caucasus, in alpine 



